Parapinnixa

Parapinnixa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Pinnotheridae
Genus: Parapinnixa
Holmes, 1895
Synonyms

Pseudopinnixa Holmes, 1894 nom. inval.

Parapinnixa is a genus of crab in the family Pinnotheridae. Originally described by Samuel Jackson Holmes as Pseudopinnixa, he published the replacement name Parapinnixa the following year, after learning of the senior homonym Pseudopinnixa Ortmann, 1894.

The genus contains the following species:[1][2]

  • Parapinnixa affinis Holmes, 1900 – California Bay pea crab
  • Parapinnixa beaufortensis Rathbun, 1918
  • Parapinnixa bouvieri Rathbun, 1918
  • Parapinnixa cortesi Thoma, Heard & Vargas, 2005
  • Parapinnixa cubana Campos, 1994
  • Parapinnixa glasselli Garth, 1939
  • Parapinnixa hendersoni Rathbun, 1918
  • Parapinnixa magdalenensis Werding & Müller, 1990
  • Parapinnixa nitida (Lockington, 1876)

References

  1. ↑ Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
  2. ↑ P. Davie (December 1, 2010). "Parapinnixa Holmes, 1895". World Register of Marine Species.


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